News from October 2014
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: "My fire was in all its glory about midnight…I had nothing to do but look and listen and join the trees in their hymns and prayers." -John Muir, Travels in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BRIAN RAMNARINE was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 30 months in prison for fraudulently selling and attempting to sell, for more than $11 million, bronze sculptures that he falsely represented...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: A blend of odors that attracts spotted wing drosophila flies (SWD) has been developed into a new lure product for improved monitoring and control of these tree-fruit and berry pests.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reiterated her support for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) to continue its licensing review of the Department of Energy’s application to construct a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Federal and state authorities have arrested 24 individuals, including Austin lawyers Richard Patrick Fagerberg, age 45, and David Ramos, age 39, for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Fraudulent Scheme Targeted First Responders, Including Firefighters And EMTs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell yesterday found Fortune Tyrone (33, Daytona Beach) guilty of possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack" cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, up to a maximum of 40 years in federal prison. Hill was indicted on July 30, 2014, and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 7, 2014, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a two-count indictment against two medical doctors (M.D.), two physician’s assistants (P.A.) and five nurse practitioners (N.P.) for conspiring to distribute oxycodone, morphine, oxymorphone, and alprazolam, by writing prescriptions...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - PAUL SCROM, 63, of Albany, New York, was sentenced today by the Honorable Thomas J. McAvoy to 72 months in federal prison followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: In El Paso today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone sentenced 34-year-old repeat sex offender Berry Jay Miller to 30 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distribution of child pornography announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - LaSheena Jacquez, 27, of Kirtland, N.M., entered a guilty plea this morning to a second degree murder charge. The guilty plea was entered under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Wayne David McAlpin, Jr., 50, of Memphis, TN was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr. to serve 15 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in selling cars to drug traffickers in an effort to launder drug proceeds, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - St. Charles County attorney JEFFREY WITT was sentenced to forty-four (44) month’s imprisonment and five (5) years supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $234,472.33 on charges of falsifying documents to obtain a bank loan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DONELLE PIGGOTT, age 49, resident of Bogalusa, was sentenced on Oct. 14, 2014, having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base and misprision of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Jasmine Crossland, of Durham, NC, pleaded guilty in federal court on October 9, 2014, to making false statements on student financial aid applications. Crossland is currently employed as a Teacher's Assistant in the Durham Public School System.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Roxanne C. Lewis, 26, an enrolled member of the Acoma Pueblo who resides in Acoma, N.M., was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison followed by a year of supervised release for her federal assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: MS-13 Member Surrendered In Nicaragua After Being Added To FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List In March 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service will hold 17 public hearings this fall on proposed regulations and environmental assessment related to sport hunting in Alaska’s national preserves. Three of these are taking place at or near Denali National Park and Preserve on the following dates and locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Maurice Burks, 43, of East St Louis, Illinois, pled guilty today in federal district...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW TEEPLE, a former analyst for San Francisco-based hedge fund Artis Capital Management, L.P. (“Artis"), was sentenced today to five years in prison for participating in an insider trading scheme that...
